Sycamore, Apollo, and GameStop all refused to comment on the current dealings when approached by the WSJ. Sycamore specialises in consumer and retail investment.

Apollo meanwhile, according to co-president and lead partner Scott Kleinman, look for investment opportunities that others are “unwilling or unable to figure out.”

This means both interested parties could reasonably take on GameStop, but they’ll still need to address the inescapable issue that physical game sales continue to drop, while digital continues to rise.

GameStop CEO Paul Raines sadly passed away in March 2018 at 53. His replacement was Michael Mauler, who left after three months due to “personal reasons”. The current GameStop CEO is Shane Kim, who was the boss at Xbox during the 360 years.

Clearly, this isn’t a great time for high street stores of any kind. UK music retailer HMV recently fell into administration for the second time in six years, despite significant restructuring.